The Monroe High School and West Windsor-Plainsboro South girls basketball first round state tournament game was a match-up of seven and 10 seeds, which usually are tight battles.

There was nothing close about this game, though, as the 21-4 Falcons led from the first minute, dominating the 10th seeded Pirates .

Monroe used a 17-7 second quarter to break open the game. The Falcons took a 15 point lead into the halftime break, and never looked back.

“It got away from us really fast,” West Windsor-Plainsboro South head coach Mika Ryan said. “It just seems like the last three games our tank has been empty, like we had run out of gas. I thought we had a pretty good first quarter, but once we got down it was tough.

They shoot the ball too well for us to come back. Their three point attack is good and they out rebounded us. Give them credit, they played a very good game.”

West Windsor Plainsboro South twins Katie and Sam McCormick are two of seven seniors on the roster, and the realization that they played their last game on the court was tough.

“It’s really sad, because I have been playing with some of the girls since the third grade,” said Sam McCormick. “It’s going to be really hard to not play another game with them, but we are still best friends outside of basketball so we will still see each other.”

“It is sad, especially because it’s been such a great team,” said Katie McCormick. “It is nice to know that we have lacrosse coming up, and a new team with a different group of girls. Sam and I are both excited for that to start.”

For the Falcons, they will move on to play No. 2 seed Marlboro Wednesday at 4:00 p.m., Marlboro won a tight contest 31-28 over Freehold Borough.

“We hope that we can keep the run going,” said Monroe head coach Lee Vogtman.

“We were out there scouting so we’ll know a little about them. We talked to the team about the 20-4 record being our first season, and now we are in our second season. We are 1-0 now, and we will take the confidence from this and hopefully it drives us forward in the tournament.”

For Ryan, who brought a large group of players up from the junior varsity for the tournament, it hopefully gave them a taste of what to expect in the future.

“It is a good experience,” said Ryan. “They practiced with us, and a few of them played today, and I’m hoping that it will give them an edge when we start back up in December.”